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  1. Nairobi (2690 bytes)
    2: ...m the [[Maasai]] ''Enkarenairobi'', meaning "cool waters".
    4: ...al, business and administrative language while Kiswahili remains the [[lingua franca]].
    6: ...otectorate]] in [[1907]] and the capital of the newly independent Kenya in [[1963]].
    10: ...n]]. This route was served by [[flying boat]]s between [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[Kisumu]] and ...
    12: ...s of [[bird]]s than any other capital city in the world.
  2. Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
    1: <!-- To edit the text of this article, scroll down past the table code. -->
    16: ...species. It inhabits warm and temperate seas worldwide and may be found in all but the [[Arctic Ocean...
    19: ...bio)|blowhole]] on top of the head. Their face shows a characteristic "smile".
    21: ...rage in a population off Florida. Those in colder waters also have a fattier composition and blood mo...
    23: ...mologous]] to the forelimbs of land mammals (from which dolphins and all other [[cetacea]]ns evolved ...
  3. Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
    3: ...resentatives|House of Representatives]] (the "[[Lower House]]") and the [[United States Senate|Senate...
    5: ...pproximately one-third of the terms expire every two years.
    7: ...is not a mere "chamber of review," as is the case with the upper houses of the [[bicameral]] legislat...
    9: ...eet in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]] in [[Washington, D.C]].
    13: ...ngress. Because terms are staggered, every state will have a ''junior'' and ''senior'' Senator.
  4. Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
    3: ...onal North American sport, while collecting one [[World Series]] championship in that time (in 1995, ...
    5: ...at team re-formed in Boston and took the nickname with them.
    6: ...ught on; even Quinn refused to use it. The team switched back to "Braves" in 1941.
    8: :'''Ownership:''' [[Time Warner]]
    9: :'''Uniform colors:''' Navy blue, Garnet red, and White
  5. Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
    5: ...ager [[Frank Selee]] arrived and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. The ''[[Chicago...
    6: :'''Home ballpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-4397.
    8: ...ller "ubs" will follow the large "C", or the team will make use of a cartoon bear cub.
    9: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[1998]]
    10: :'''Division titles won''' (3): [[1984]], [[1989]], [[2003]]
  6. Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
    1: {{MLB White Sox franchise}}
    3: The '''Chicago White Sox''' are a [[Major League Baseball]] team b...
    5: ... when that league became the [[American League]], which achieved acceptance as a major league in [[19...
    6: ... St. Paul, 1895-1899. "White Sox" is short for "White Stockings".
    7: ...as opened in 1991; the original [[Comiskey Park]] was in use from 1910 to 1990.)
  7. Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
    5: ..., or [[1890]], depending on the account. See below.
    6: ...[[19th century]]; the Redlegs, from 1954 to 1960, when the term "Red" carried connotations of [[commu...
    8: :'''Uniform colors:''' Red and white, trim Black
    9: :'''Logo design:''' a red "C" with the word "REDS" inside
    10: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
  8. Colorado Rockies (5998 bytes)
    4: ... The team is named after the [[Rocky Mountains]] which pass through Colorado.
    9: :'''Uniform colors:''' Black, Silver, Purple, and White
    10: :'''Logo design:''' Purple mountain with baseball
    11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[1995]]
    12: :'''Division titles won''' (0): ''none''
  9. Houston Astros (8294 bytes)
    6: ...1964]]). The team changed its name to the Astros when the team began to play in the [[Houston Astrod...
    7: ...k:''' [[Minute Maid Park]], Houston (formerly known as Astros Field and Enron Field)
    10: ... Red five-pointed star with the word "Astros" below it in script
    11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (1): [[2004]]
    12: :'''Division titles won''' (6): [[1980]], [[1986]], [[1997]], [[1998]],...
  10. Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
    3: ...d in [[Los Angeles, California]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[National League]].
    6: ...'' Brooklyn Dodgers, [[1932]] to [[1957]], after which the team moved to Los Angeles for the [[1958]...
    7: ...in 1932. During the Wilbert Robinson years, the newspapers used the nicknames ''Robins'' and ''Dodger...
    8: .../STREET%20SCENES/Dodgers/dodgers.html Part of the wall of the stadium ] can still be seen.)
    9: :'''Uniform colors:''' "Dodger blue" and White; some Red
  11. Pittsburgh Pirates (16589 bytes)
    6: ...irates''. The name stuck. Over the years the team was also often called the ''Buccaneers'' or ''Bucs'...
    11: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
    12: :'''Division titles won''' (9): [[1970]], [[1971]], [[1972]], [[1974]],...
    13: :'''National League pennants won''' (9): [[1901]], [[1902]], [[1903]], [[1909]],...
    14: :'''[[World Series]] championships won''' (5): [[1909]], [[1925]], [[1960]], [[1971]],...
  12. Tampa Bay Devil Rays (7282 bytes)
    7: :'''Uniform colors:''' Black, Forest Green, and White
    8: :'''Logo design:''' The words "TAMPA BAY" superimposed on a [[ray (fish)|de...
    9: :'''Wild Card titles won''' (0): ''none''
    10: :'''Division titles won''' (0): ''none''
    11: :'''American League pennants won''' (0): ''none''
  13. Texas Rangers (baseball) (14993 bytes)
    4: ...[[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]]. They are in the Western Division of the [[American League]].
    7: ...shington Senators that existed from 1891-1899 and were contracted.)
    8: ...llpark''': [[Ameriquest Field in Arlington]] (known as The Ballpark in Arlington [[1994]]-[[2004]])
    9: :'''Uniform colors''': Blue, White, and Scarlet red
    10: ..." superimposed on a baseball, set inside a circle with "TEXAS" on the top half and "RANGERS" on the b...
  14. Long-distance track event (2855 bytes)
    1: ...ained if one has trained consistently for over 10 weeks prior to running the race.
    7: ...agility than the flat [[3,000 meter]] event. The world record for men is:
    11: For women:
    17: ...rise of a total of 60-200 kilometers a week. The world record for men:
    21: For women:
  15. Physical chemistry (1686 bytes)
    8: * [[Walther Nernst]]
    11: * [[J.W. Gibbs]]
    14: * [[Wilhelm Ostwald]]
    15: * [[Gilbert N. Lewis]]
    17: * [[Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell|Frederick Lindemann]]
  16. Extinction (15793 bytes)
    2: ...r competition. A typical species becomes extinct within 10 million years of its first appearance, al...
    4: ...s on. In other cases, species have produced no new variants, or none that are able to survive the pa...
    6: ...t ''[[Eohippus]]'' (an ancient horse-like animal) was the [[ancestry|ancestor]] of several extant spe...
    8: ...ry date selected to define "modern" extinctions), with many more likely to have gone unnoticed. Most...
    10: Species which are not extinct are termed ''extant''.
  17. Bill Clinton (59225 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=William Jefferson Clinton
    7: | preceded=[[George H. W. Bush]]
    8: | succeeded=[[George W. Bush]]
    14: | wife=[[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]
    18: '''William Jefferson Clinton''' (born '''William Jefferson Blythe III''' <!-- Authoritative ...
  18. Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
    1: {{Infobox President | name=Ronald W. Reagan
    8: | succeeded=[[George H.W. Bush]]
    14: | wife=[[Nancy Reagan]]
    16: | vicepresident=George H.W. Bush
    19: ... [[California]] ([[1967]]&ndash;[[1975]]). Reagan was also a broadcaster, [[actor]], and head of the ...
  19. Jimmy Carter (33280 bytes)
    15: | wife=[[Rosalynn Carter]]
    17: | vicepresident=[[Walter Mondale]]
    19: ...[[1924]]), [[United States|American]] politician, was the 39th [[President of the United States|Presi...
    21: ...ss and the White House. His administration oversaw the founding of the Departments of [[Department o...
    23: ...and establish relief efforts. In [[2002]], Carter won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his "efforts to f...
  20. Richard Nixon (32863 bytes)
    13: ...place of death=[[City of New York|New York]], [[New York]]
    14: | wife=[[Pat Nixon]]
    16: | vicepresident=[[Spiro Agnew]] ([[1969]]&ndash;[[1973]]),
    19: ...dash;regarding the improper use of Presidential powers to silence political and legal opposition.
    22: ...rvances as refraining from drinking, dancing and swearing.

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